Skirt-marker.



No. 881,484- PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

I. H. PBGK.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION nun 00122, 1901.

v UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

IRVING H. PECK, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF T FRANKLIN'S- SLAUTER, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT. I t

' sum-manna.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22, 1907. Serial No. 898,601.

Patented March 10, 1908 have invented a new -and useful Skirt- Marker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to rovidea simple and inexpensive adjustab e skirt marker, that is a device used in dressmaking to enable the operator when tryinglon a skirt to make a mark entirely around t e bottom of the skirt at which to fold the skirt inward previous to stitching, so that the edge of the finished skirt will hang at the same distance from the floor entirely around.

, With this and other objects inview I have devised the simple and novel marker, of

which the following description in connec-' metal and each detachable from the others,

to wit: a base indicated by '10, a standard indicated by 11 and a chalk holder indicated by 12. The base is simply a plate of sheet metal, preferably a disk, and preferably provided with a raised center 13 so that the edge only, indicated by 14, will rest upon the floor. At the center of the base are two retainin lugs 15 struck up from the metal thereo The standard is slmply a strip of metal, the lower end of which is bent at a right angle to form a foot 16 which passes under and closely enga es the retaining lugs on the base, as clear y shown. The en agement of the foot of the standard with the lugs upon the base is sufficiently firm to retain the parts securely in place inuse and yet permit their convenient detachment when required, as in packing for shipment. One or both sides of the standard are rovided with a scale 17. The chalk holder 1s formed from a single piece of spring metal curved intermediate its length so as to form two spring arms which are indicated respectively by 22 and 23 and lie at a slight angle to each other, arm 22 forming a thumb piece indicated specifically by 18, and

the cha .gers upward and'downward. In the present arm 23 comprisingspring fingers 19 lying in difierent planes, which retain between them apiece of tailors chalk indicated by 20.

The finglers are formed by slittin arm 23 of holder and 'ofi'setting a ternate fin instance I have. shown that arm of the chalk holder as slitted' t wice to form three fingers,

the outer fingers being shown as offset downward and the intermediate finger as offset upward -said fingers being so curved as to cause them to gri and retain the piece of chalk securely in place.

.Both arms of the chalk holder are provided with slots 21 which just receive the standard and permit the chalk holder to be moved upward and' downward freely on the standard when arms 22' and 23 are pressed slightl' toward each other, the sprin of the arms ocking the chalk holder secure y to .the standard as soon as the arms-are released and retaining the chalk holder in any position in which it may be laced. In practice, arm 23 lies substantia y at a right angle to the standard and arm 22, in the locking position, lies atan acute angle to arm 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. As the upper and lower sp'r-ing fingers are offset the same distance, the marklng edge of a piece of chalk held by the fingers and indicated by 24 will lie in alinement with arm 23, so that by setting said arm in registration with the/scale, a skirt may be marked at any required distance from the floor. In ractice, the numerals of the scale are p aced at the mid-width of the standard, as shown, and the metal of the arms is'cut away to form recesses 25 on opposite sides of slots 21 contiguous to the numerals, sothat the surfaceof the standard at the center where the numerals are placed will not be marred by moving the chalk holder upward and downward on the standard, the grip of the arms u on the standard being at the ends of the s ots and .near the edges of the standard and there .being no contact of the walls of the slots with the center of the standard. The recesses 25 in arm 23 are not shown but are similar tothe recesses in arm 22 shown in Fig. 3. v

The operation in use is simply to .disengage the walls of slots 21 from the standard y pressing the arms of the chalk holder toward each other slightly, and then move the chalk holder upward or downward on the edge of the pieceof chalk at the reuired a: 'tance from the floor as indicated by t e registration of lower arm 23 with v the scale on the standard.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim:

chalk holder comprising two spring arms lylngat an acute angle to each other and having slots through which the. standard passes, one of said arms having chalk-grasping fingers substantially at a rightangle to the standard, said chalk holder being movable on the standard when the arms are ressed toward each other and being selfocking on the standard when the arms are released. I

- 3-. A skirt marker comprising a base, a standard secured thereto, and a chalk holder comprising spring arms lyin at an acute angle to each other, one of sai arms forming a thumb piece and the other arm extendm substantially at a right angle to the standar and. provided with oppositely ofi'set spring arms to hold a piece of chalk and both of said arms having" slotsthrough which the senses standard passes, the sprin of the arms making the chalk holder se f-locking on the standard wherever placed.

4. Askirt marker comprisin a base having struck up lugs, a standard aving a foot to engage said lugs and a scale, and a chalk holder comprising spring arms engaging the standard the chalk-carrying arm bemg substantially at a right angle to the standard and having spring fingers to retain a piece of chalk in a inement with the lower arm, so that the chalk holder may be set by the gage to marka skirt at any required height from the floor.

5. A skirt marker comprising a base, a standard detachably secured thereto and having a scale at its mid-width and a chalk holder comprising spring arms lying at an acute angle to each other and having slots to receive the standard and recesses on opposite sides of the slotsat their mid-length, so that the standard will be engaged by the walls of the slots in the arms near the ed es only and the portion of the standard bearing 

